Re: Snakes and rats and smoke, oh my!
Hyperion stared at the smoke covering the stairs glumly for a moment. He wasn't afraid of snakes or rats, but he didn't particularly relish the idea of being bitten by one. Still, there had to be something they could do.
He looked at Lavender and chuckled. "Nope, I really should have though." He paused and approached the stairs, where the mist turned into a mass of coiling snakes. Experimentally he blasted a couple of them off the stairs, causing them to extinguish into puffs of smoke. Lifting his eyebrows, he looked back at Lavender. "What if we tried to blast our way off?"
Without waiting for her to answer, the cast a shield charm against the side of the staircase and began blasting his way up the stairs and checking with his feet to make sure the next step was there. He was halfway up the stairs when the steps disappeared on him. "Well shite," he muttered.